August 3 Sunday VIPS annual Saber-tooth salmon BBQ
At Dan’s. 2120 Stewart. Bring friend(s), food, beverage, lawn chair(s) and auction item(s). Socialize 4:00-5:30 pm, dinner 5:30 -6:30 pm, silent auction 6:30-7:30 pm. Music by Jay.
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February 23 Sunday, VIPS AGM 1:30 pm at the Courtenay Museum
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Then at 2:30-3:30 pm, presentation by Dan Bowen of the fossil discoveries and highlights of 2024. Bring your latest fossil discovery for show and tell.
March 9 Sunday, Doumont Road field trip
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Lower Motor cross area and also upper pits of Doumont Road. Leave Courteney at 8:15 am or meet at the Doumont Road gate at 9:15am. I don’t think there are any activities there yet. Surface collecting and some digging. Looking for the ammonite Canadoceras yokoyamai.
March 30 Sunday, Hornby Islandfield Trip #1
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Depart from Dan’s at 8:10 am or meet at the Buckley Bay ferry to catch the 9:00 am to Denman, arrive Hornby 11:00 am. Find what the winter storms turned up. Carpool. At 12:20 pm 4.2 ft low tide. Our target is Collishaw Point.
April 6 Sunday, Memekay River, Marine Jurassic site
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This site is unique for Vancouver Island, a first for some species of ammonites, bivalves and gastropods recorded here. The route in is complicated and we will meet at my house at 8:00 am then meet again at the Big Tree Creek FSR intersection at 9:00am and all drive in together.
April 15 Sunday, Hornby Islandfield Trip #2
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Depart from Dan’s at 8:15 am or meet at the Buckley Bay ferry to catch the 9:00 am to Denman, arrive Hornby 11:00 am. Find what the winter storms turned up since March 30th. Carpool. At 12:00 pm 4.6 ft low tide. Our target includes Phipps to Maning Point or south to the red zone.
May 12-16 Escalante, Fly in via Nootka Air from Gold River
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Eocene exposures, fossil crabs, and important finds. Isopods, fossil mammal and bird bones last year. Limited to five people. This trip is full. Prepare for five days of wilderness camping.